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With special guests Celeste Pang, Senior Research Officer, 2SLGBTQI Health, Aging & Housing at Egale; and Jackie Tanner, MSW, RSW, Regional Manager & Clinical Lead at Canada HomeShare.
With special guests El-Farouk Khaki, Refugee & Immigration Lawyer, and Human Rights Activist; and Rev. Dr. Brent Hawkes, C.M., Founder and Executive Director of Rainbow Faith and Freedom.
Celebrating Pride 2021 in this special concert edition, with special guests Tamai Kobayashi, Miss Juwanna DeWitt, Yohei Sakai and the St. John’s Gay Men’s Chorus, leZlie lee kam, and Buster Cherry!
With Carlyle Jansen, Owner of Good for Her; Dr. Philip Jai Johnson, Psychologist at the Toronto Sexuality Centre! Plus, guests Rachele Manett from Venus Envy Halifax and a special performance by Elle Noir!
With Aaron Devor, Chair in Transgender Studies at the University of Victoria; Richard Jenkins from 2 Spirits in Motion Society; Professor Wesley Crichlow from Ontario Tech University; and a special performance by Lucas Silveira!
With Michael Phair from Edmonton Pride Senior Group; George Hartsgrove from Ottawa Senior Pride Network; Laura Budd from Moose Jaw Pride; and Julien Rougerie from Fondation Émergence. Plus, a special performance by Drag Performer Extraordinaire, Miss Conception!
With Canadian Singer-Songwriter and Poet, Ferron; and Documentary Filmmaker and Former Politician, Gerry Rogers. Plus, an interview with Theo & Roger, the first same-sex couple married under Quebec’s Civil Union law in 2002.
With Arne Stinchcombe, Assistant Professor at Brock University; Catherine Meade, Former Director of Pan Am Games Capital Projects; Jen Cody, Executive Director of Nanaimo Foodshare, and a roundtable discussion with the creators of Réseau Access Network’s LGBTQI2S Seniors Program, Adrienne, Ashley, and Evan! Plus, a special performance by “Lady Bear Extraordinaire”, Fay Slift!
With John R. Sylliboy, Co-Founder of the Wabanaki Two-Spirit Alliance; Rev. Dr. Brent Hawkes, Founder and Executive Director of Rainbow Faith and Freedom, and Senior Pastor Emeritus of Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto; Pastor Junia ‘June’ Joplin, and Imtiaz Popat from Salaam Queer Muslim Community in Vancouver! Plus, a special performance by Tara Ryst!
With Todd Ross, Representative Plaintiff on the LGBT Purge Class Action Lawsuit; Levi A. Foy, Executive Director of the Sunshine House and Drag Queen Prairie Sky; plus an interview and performance by Rabbit Richards, performance poet.